All Articles tagged Minnesota

• State Constitutional Commentary
  June 13, 2024 EDT
  IDEOLOGICAL COMPETITION OVER STATE SUPREME COURT SELECTION METHODS
  Stephen J. Ware

  This Article shows that ideological competition over selection methods continues in several states, which ostensibly provide supreme court elections, but in practice nearly always appoint their justices.

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• General
  July 22, 2020 EDT
  A TIME FOR CHOOSING AND A TIME FOR FREE SPEECH: MINNESOTA VOTERS ALLIANCE V. MANSKY AND THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF ELECTION DAY APPAREL BANS
  Eric T. KasperTroy A. Kozma

  This article asserts that the First Amendment protects wearing political apparel at a polling place during voting hours unless it intimidates other voters or is disruptive of the electoral process.

• General
  January 17, 2020 EDT
  APPLYING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE: MINNESOTA VOTERS ALLIANCE AND THE TAX LAW’S REGULATION OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS’ POLITICAL SPEECH
  Edward A. Zelinsky

  For purposes of applying Minnesota Voters Alliance to the Johnson Amendment, the applicable test should be the standard articulated by Chief Justice Roberts in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  November 11, 2011 EDT
  RIGHTS AND REMEDIES IN STATE HABEAS PROCEEDINGS
  Jason Mazzone

  This short essay examines the effects of Danforth v. State on the practices of state courts to date and its likely impact in the future.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  May 05, 2007 EDT
  A DECISION TREE TAKES ROOT IN THE LAND OF 10,000 LAKES: MINNESOTA’S APPROACH TO PROTECTING INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS UNDER BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND MINNESOTA CONSTITUTIONS
  Paul H. AndersonJulie A. Oseid

  This article concludes that Minnesota’s decision tree could serve as a model for other state courts seeking a middle-ground approach that promotes uniformity and harmony.